Battle for Bed-Stuy : the long war on poverty in New York City /

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"Battle for Bed-Stuy is about an unlikely alliance that changed the shape of urban policy in the United States. The book reinterprets Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty from the ground up and shows how Johnson's "unconditional" crusade, launched in 1964, grew out of the rich ex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Woodsworth, Michael, 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Temas:
1900-1999
Urban policy > New York (State) > New York.
Poverty > Political aspects > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Politics and government > 20th century.
African American women > Political activity > New York (State) > New York.
Politique urbaine > New York (État) > New York.
Pauvreté > Aspect politique > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > New York (État) > New York > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
Noires américaines > Activité politique > New York (État) > New York.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
African American women > Political activity.
African Americans > Politics and government.
Economic history.
Poverty > Political aspects.
Urban policy.
Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.) > History > 20th century.
New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York > Bedford-Stuyvesant.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Senator and the Secretary
  • A Suitcase Full of Knives
  • Mobilizing the Forces
  • From the Clubhouse to the White House
  • War and Rumors of War
  • Maximum Feasible Bureaucratization
  • The Power to Act
  • Whose Community, What Action?
  • From the Ground Up
  • Epilogue: Gloom and Boom.

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